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(#) Translated Untranslatable

!!! WARNING: Translated Untranslatable
   This is a warning.

Id
:   `Untranslatable`
Summary
:   Translated Untranslatable
Severity
:   Warning
Category
:   Correctness: Messages
Platform
:   Android
Vendor
:   Android Open Source Project
Feedback
:   https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708
Since
:   3.2.0 (September 2018)
Affects
:   Binary resource files, resource files and resource folders
Editing
:   This check runs on the fly in the IDE editor
Implementation
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-checks/src/main/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetector.kt)
Tests
:   [Source Code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetectorTest.kt)

Strings can be marked with `translatable=false` to indicate that they
are not intended to be translated, but are present in the resource file
for other purposes (for example for non-display strings that should vary
by some other configuration qualifier such as screen size or API
level).

There are cases where translators accidentally translate these strings
anyway, and lint will flag these occurrences with this lint check.

!!! Tip
   This lint check has an associated quickfix available in the IDE.

(##) Example

Here is an example of lint warnings produced by this check:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~text
res/values-nb/nontranslatable.xml:2:Warning: The resource string
"sample" has been marked as translatable="false" elsewhere (usually in
the values folder), but is translated to "nb" (Norwegian Bokmål) here
[Untranslatable]
    &lt;string name="sample"&gt;Ignore Me&lt;/string&gt;
            -------------
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Here are the relevant source files:

`res/values/nontranslatable.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;resources&gt;
    &lt;string name="sample" translatable="false"&gt;Ignore Me&lt;/string&gt;
&lt;/resources&gt;
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

`res/values-nb/nontranslatable.xml`:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~xml linenumbers
&lt;resources&gt;
    &lt;string name="sample"&gt;Ignore Me&lt;/string&gt;
&lt;/resources&gt;

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

You can also visit the
[source code](https://cs.android.com/android-studio/platform/tools/base/+/mirror-goog-studio-main:lint/libs/lint-tests/src/test/java/com/android/tools/lint/checks/TranslationDetectorTest.kt)
for the unit tests for this check to see additional scenarios.

The above example was automatically extracted from the first unit test
found for this lint check, `TranslationDetector.testNonTranslatable1`.
To report a problem with this extracted sample, visit
https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/new?component=192708.

(##) Suppressing

You can suppress false positives using one of the following mechanisms:

* Adding the suppression attribute `tools:ignore="Untranslatable"` on
  the problematic XML element (or one of its enclosing elements). You
  may also need to add the following namespace declaration on the root
  element in the XML file if it's not already there:
  `xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`.

* Using a special `lint.xml` file in the source tree which turns off
  the check in that folder and any sub folder. A simple file might look
  like this:
  ```xml
  &lt;?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?&gt;
  &lt;lint&gt;
      &lt;issue id="Untranslatable" severity="ignore" /&gt;
  &lt;/lint&gt;
  ```
  Instead of `ignore` you can also change the severity here, for
  example from `error` to `warning`. You can find additional
  documentation on how to filter issues by path, regular expression and
  so on
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/lintxml.md.html).

* In Gradle projects, using the DSL syntax to configure lint. For
  example, you can use something like
  ```gradle
  lintOptions {
      disable 'Untranslatable'
  }
  ```
  In Android projects this should be nested inside an `android { }`
  block.

* For manual invocations of `lint`, using the `--ignore` flag:
  ```
  $ lint --ignore Untranslatable ...`
  ```

* Last, but not least, using baselines, as discussed
  [here](https://googlesamples.github.io/android-custom-lint-rules/usage/baselines.md.html).

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